[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough.

  • Pontefract (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPARISON OF PONTEFRACT VITAL STATISTICS WITH OTHER WEST HEffm ’mSZSTZKE YeST HISTHC 'iffirnTrsTSSEtra' vmm'rmr gfgEAin) & tobse---:---—• F. .... .ij^ont'e- jfract iBorough |.... , . . .j Aggregate . .j West i&igland . & - - -j West Rid- j Riding iWales (pro- j ing Urban • Admin, ivisional Districts. ! County ^figures). .- - j BIRTH RATE (per 1000 estimated j 17.0 population) , 15.3 !• !.] ; | 15.4 ; 15.3 i i . - J -. - .... . i . . DEATH RATE j j (per 1000 estimated ■; 14.7 ' 12.1 population) All Causes. ..... . ! _1__ 1 r 11.5 .. 1 11.3 | ! 1 ... j | Infective & Para. Dis. excl. Tub. but incl. , 0.09 ! 0.07 Syph. and other V.D. ! I 1_1 0.07 . * ! . i i Tuberculosis Respiratory ! • 0.30 ! 0.17 i j 0.16 o u : * * 1 . .. Tuberculosis Other NIL i 0.03 0.03 0.03 | r , r r , r , , , ir ...i . . Tuberculosis All Dorms 1 ! 1 0.30 1 0.20 1 ..1.. j ... j i 0.19 j 0.24 Cancer 2.29 ! 2.02 i * 1 J ■ * J * M 1 1 J '■x-J - -‘-J 1.92 ! 1.99 I ! . . „ * .... Vascular Lesions of the Nervous System 1 |. 2.21 i 1.88 . . .. . '» tmr* ‘ »' . .. . 1.74 | * t Heart and Circulatory L- .. -- ....... . , - 5.45 i 4.66 .• . . . I . 4.35 j * Respiratory Diseases i i— -. . . 1 2.08 i 1.21 .......... i. ... . 1.15 i * ------- 1 - . Maternal Mortality (per 1000 live and still births) 1 2.51 j 0.88 . . i .. -1-r-~-■—-—* 0.80 ; 0.72 j ; Infant Mortality j 63.6 j 30.1 I 30.0 | 'i 27.6 1 , Still Births (per 1000 live and still births) ... 1- - - 1 15.0 | 25.1 ■ i * ! - r----- - ‘-r r ,. ! 24.6 ; 22.6 i { | i ) » —--I---1 * figures not available.